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Igor Belanov
said...

Hmmm, I know it's each to his own opinion and that, but Common People as the best indie tune of the 1990s? I know the lyrics are clever and it's catchy, but there are many better examples from Pulp's own back catalogue.

Also, 'If you tolerate this..' as the Manics' best song? Probably one of the most insipid I'd have said!

To finish, I may be blind, but I see nothing from the Super Furry Animals there.

Big by New Fast Automatic DaffodilsLoaded by Primal ScreamTaste by Ride Unfamiliar by RideSheriff Fatman by Carter the unstoppable sex machineMove Any Mountain by The ShamenHippychcik by SohoThis is how it feels by inspiral carpetsCircleSquare by the Wonder stuff

Where's Me Jumper by Sultans of Ping FCKill Your Television by Ned's Atomic DustbinSheela Na Gig by PJ HarveyFashion Crisis Hits New York by The Frank and WaltersThe Mill Hill Self Hate Club by Edward Ball (best harmonica intro ever)Love Your Money by Daisy ChainsawEnough Is Enough by ChumbawambaPimlico by David Devant and His Spirit Wife

The only one I know and My weakness... are good spots, but overall you only scored a circa 20% match* with my record collection, so clearly there's room for improvement. Just from the stuff that I was bothered to rip to my computer - which is a fairly small proportion of my 90s record collection - I'd nominate

Step OnChemical WorldRock'n'roll starThe stars of track and fieldWhat if... (Lightning Seeds - remember them eh?)Mao Tse Tung Said (Alabama 3 - one of the first songs I 'downloaded' from that 'Internet')Brimful of AshaKarma Police (as well as Paranoid Android)I think I'm in love (Spiritualized)Ice hockey hair (SFA)and, surely irrefutably,Dry the Rain (Beta Band in "peaking entire career with first song" shock)

*Being a very sad person I gave myself points for every track on the list I've got - 1 point for song 100 up to 100 for song 1 - and added them up; the final total was something like 1070, or just over 20% of a maximum of 5050.